Senior Manufacturing Automation Engineer

Overview

Waters Corporation is currently seeking a highly motivated Sr Manufacturing Automation Engineer to support our newly completed Precision Manufacturing Facility in Taunton, MA. In this critical role you will be responsible for the advancement and maintenance of the Process Control System (PCS), associated PLCs, hardware, instrumentation, networking, and the interface to the Manufacturing Execution System (MES).

The successful candidate will serve as subject matter authority for the PCS system and will partner with Engineering, Production, Facilities, and Quality Assurance to ensure delivery of our high-quality products. The products manufactured at this site are essential for the development and quality testing of vaccines and medicines and for the purity of food and water for millions of people across the globe.

Responsibilities

• Employ industry standards such as ISA S-88, S-95, IEC 61131, cGMP, and ISO 9001:2015 to design, configure, test, and maintain the PCS continuous and batch systems.
• Perform field instrumentation installation and troubleshooting of traditional analog and discrete signals in an electrically classified area: explosion proof and intrinsically safe installations, as well as other communication types (HART, Fieldbus, Profibus DP/PA, AS-I, Ethernet I/P, Modbus TCP).
• Utilize PCS platform software to support the ongoing manufacturing processes and new equipment/product introductions.
• Collaborate with Process Engineers, Production supervisors, and QA specialists to implement system upgrades, new features, corrective actions, and other continuous improvement initiatives across the site’s automation/data systems.
• Develop and improve work instructions (WI), standard operating procedures (SOP), guidance, and standards for automation-owned programs.
• Rotate on call support to assist with Production’s M-F manufacturing schedule as well as weekend maintenance activities as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in chemical engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or related engineering field.
• 5-10 years of experience in Automation in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read and interpret piping and instrument diagrams (P&IDs), PLC logic, electrical schematics, and loop drawings.
• Experience with DCS/SCADA/PLC programming and configuration, in particular with AVEVA System Platform (Wonderware), AVEVA Intouch OMI, AVEVA Batch Management, Rockwell Studio5000 and FactoryTalk View, AutoCAD, and Korber Pas-X MES is a plus.
• Experience with batch and continuous manufacturing operations in the chemical industry is a plus.

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.   

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status. 

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